He that despiseth small things will perish by little and little. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
A toothache will cost a battle, a drizzle cancel an insurrection. — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Sin has been pardoned at such a price that we cannot henceforth trifle with it. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Imagination is the first step in creation whether in words or trifles. The mental pattern must always precede the material form. — William Walker Atkinson Copy Share Image
“Perhaps what matters is not the human pain or joy at all but, rather, the play of shadow and light on a… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
When female minds are embittered by age or solitude, their malignity is generally exerted in a rigorous and spiteful superintendence of domestic… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Domestic matters are trifles for us. But they occupy the principal part of my life. They teach me to know my limitations. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important. — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Not for the mighty world. O Lord, tonight, Nations and kingdoms in their fearful might--Let me be glad the kettle gently sings,… — Edna Jaques Copy Share Image
Wisdom includes not getting angry unnecessarily. The Law ignores trifles and the wise man does, too. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
How delightful is the company of generous people, who overlook trifles and keep their minds instinctively fixed on whatever is good and… — Van Wyck Brooks Copy Share Image
We must understand that the fact of error, demonstrated in subsequent work, does not suggest that ethical lapses are responsible. It is… — Lewis M. Branscomb Copy Share Image
Men have always been the victims of trifles, but when they were uncomfortable and passionate, and in constant danger, they hardly had… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“Trifles cannot satisfy our longings. Sensual pleasures, power over our fellow man, the acquisition of things, these are babbles, toys, trifles. Our… — Vaughn Heppner Copy Share Image
Had it not been for you, I should have remained what I was when we first met, a prejudiced, narrow-minded being, with… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
That we should establish ourselves in a sense of GOD’s Presence, by continually conversing with Him. That it was a shameful thing… — Brother Lawrence Copy Share Image
The polite of every country seem to have but one character. A gentleman of Sweden differs but little, except in trifles, from… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Life is so great in its opportunities and possibilities, that you should rise confidently above the inevitable trifles incident to daily contact… — Grenville Kleiser Copy Share Image
In reviewing my life, in tracing its course, I fill my cell with the pleasure of being what for want of a… — Jean Genet Copy Share Image
There prevails among men of letters, an opinion, that all appearance of science is particularly hateful to Women; and that therefore whoever… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
We must strive for freedom if we strive for self-knowledge. The task of self-knowledge and of further self-development is of such importance… — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share Image
Impress upon children the truth that the exercise of the elective franchise is a social duty of as solemn a nature as… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Great merit or great failings will make you respected or despised; but trifles, little attentions, mere nothings, either done or neglected, will… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Suppose a nation, rich and poor, high and low, ten millions in number, all assembled together; not more than one or two… — John Adams Copy Share Image
To play with baubles is our ambition, not to deal with grave questions in a spirit of serious energy. But while we… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
I love the sound of snow... You can hear it even if you are only standing on a balcony. [The sound] is… — Claudio Abbado Copy Share Image
The more big business talks about something, the less of it there is. For example, it 'values' jobs just at the moment… — Corinne Maier Copy Share Image
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